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Chasing Golden Hour on the Space Coast: The Best Light for Summer Portraits in Melbourne, Florida

There’s a certain hour here on the Space Coast that I quietly plan my whole week around. It arrives in the last stretch before sunset, when the hard Florida light finally softens and turns gold. Photographers call it golden hour. I’ve come to think of it as the moment the Space Coast exhales — when […]

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How Street Photography Made Me a Better Space Coast Portrait Photographer

I didn’t start with portraits. I started on the street. Long before I was photographing families along the Space Coast, I was a kid from South Florida with a camera, wandering city sidewalks and waiting. Street photography is mostly waiting. You can’t pose a stranger crossing an intersection or ask the afternoon light to soften

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Why June Is the Perfect Time for Portrait Sessions on Florida’s Space Coast

We’re deep into summer now on Florida’s Space Coast, and right now the days are long, the evenings are warm, and the light is doing things that make me want to be outside with a camera. There’s something particular about the Space Coast in summer. The light shifts earlier, lingers longer, and by the time

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Summer on the Space Coast: Why This Season Is Magic for Portraits in Melbourne, Florida

There’s something that happens to the light here in late May and early June. It softens. It stretches. It does things you can’t quite plan for. That’s summer on the Space Coast — and for portrait photography, it’s quietly one of the most beautiful times of year. The Golden Hour Is Longer In summer, sunset

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Why the Indian River Lagoon Is My Favorite Portrait Spot on Florida’s Space Coast

Okay so if you’ve lived on the Space Coast for any amount of time, you already know the Indian River Lagoon is gorgeous. But I don’t think enough people realize how good it actually is for portraits. Like — genuinely stunning in a way that’s hard to put into words until you see the photos.

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